Maupin (surname)
Maupin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Armistead Maupin (born 1944), American writer * Audry Maupin (1972–1994), boyfriend of Florence Rey, involved in a 1994 shoot-out in Paris *Bennie Maupin (born 1940), American musician * Claudia Maupin (1936–2013), American murder victim *David Maupin, American gallery director and co-founder of Lehmann Maupin Gallery * Gabriel Maupin, French Huguenot to Virginia (1666–1720) *Harry Maupin (1872–1952), baseball pitcher *Keith Matthew Maupin (1983–2004), U.S. Army soldier * Robert Lee Maupin (1918–1992), also known as Robert Beck or Iceberg Slim, author *Simon Maupin (before 1625–1668), French architect *Jim Maupin, aircraft manufacturer An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft. Aerospace is a high technology industry. ...

Armistead Maupin
Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. ( ) (born May 13, 1944) is an American writer notable for ''Tales of the City'', a series of novels set in San Francisco. Early life Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., to Diana Jane (Barton) and Armistead Jones Maupin. His great-great-grandfather, Congressman Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, was from North Carolina and was a railroad executive and a confederate general during the American Civil War. His father, Armistead Jones Maupin, founded Maupin, Taylor & Ellis, one of the largest law firms in North Carolina. Maupin was raised in Raleigh. – in ''The Independent'' of Raleigh, North Carolina, June 1988 – autobiographical memoir Maupin attended Ravenscroft School and graduated from Needham Broughton High School in 1962. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he wrote for ''The Daily Tar Heel.''
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Audry Maupin
Florence Rey (, born August 27, 1975) and her boyfriend Audry Maupin (, born April 20, 1972) were involved in a shoot-out in central Paris on October 4, 1994 following a high speed car chase. The incident dramatically involved homicide, hostage-taking and violent robbery all in the space of 25 minutes. The incident caused the deaths of five people; three policemen, a taxi driver, and Maupin. It was a major case in France and received much attention from the media. Background Florence Rey, the daughter of a schoolteacher, was a 19-year-old student. After dropping out of medicine school, she studied literature. Audry Maupin, 22, was a philosophy sophomore at the University of Nanterre. At the time of the incident they were living together in a squat in an abandoned bourgeoise house in Nanterre. The pair were already under observation by the Renseignements Généraux, the French intelligence services, prior to the incident due to their involvement with an underground political group ...
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